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B. ARNOLD. NET FOR FISHING, &c.

No. 66,669 Patented M 16, 1867.

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I ARNOLD, OF GREENWI'GH, RHODE ISLAND.

Letters Patent No. 66,669, dated'Juiy 16, 1867; antedateol January 17, 1867.

IMPROVEMENT IN NETS FOB FISHING, (he.

'ronLL-wHoMIr MAY ooncn'nm Be-it known that I, BENJAMIN A'anonn, of'East Greenwich, in the county. of Kent, in' the State of Rhode Island, have invented a new Mode of 'MakingNets and Netting for catching fish, and for other purposes;- and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and correct description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, and tb,letters of reference marked thereon, the same letters being used to denote the same parts inlall the figures.

. That' any one skilled in making netting may understand my new mode or way of making nets I will pro seed to describe it. r

The main distinguishing feature of my new process consists in using one-half -of the twines or cords, or I each alternate one of the {ull size, that'would he usedif the netting were to be made in the usual way, and the other halft or rest of the twines to consist of one strand of tbefirst-mentioned orfull-sized twine, where that full-sized twine has three strands and of two strands when the full-sized twine has six strands, and so on in that proportion, as it is most convenient to have that proportion between the twines, so that they may be all of one size when the net is finished, though this is not positively necessary to the process. The full-sized twines G C Cand strands I, as above mentioned, are placed alternate in position, -and m knotted together right and l'eft,.that is to say, every full-sized twineis knotted and looped to the strand to the-right of it, and then the same full-sized twines are'knotted and looped to the strands to the left hand of them, and so on, forming a net, (see fig. 1,) where'the full-sized twinesareshown black and the strands in rcd,'as in the other figures.

Figures 2 and 3 show how a loop is formed in the full-sized twine to loop the strand through.

Figuresi, 5,6, 7, represent the knot in the different stages of formation.

Figure 8 shows the knot when finished. v

Fig. Z-shows a twine formed into a half-hitch, a, so called, and a bight, n, over which the half-hitch a is put, as seen in fig. 3. In fig. 4 we see the some loop in black, and also a loop, 8, and strand 0 in red, prepared to be looped through the bight n. .Fig. 5 shows how the strand 0 is drawn first through the bight gt and thenthrough the loop 8, as seen in fig. 6. Previous to drawing the strand 0. through the bight and loops. twist may be given to the loop and strand, as seen in figs. 5, 6, 7, 8, by carrying the loop around the strand, and though this twist, is not strictly essential to the construction of my netting, Iprefer to put it in, as it improves its looks and strength somewhat; it can be done by twirling the loop, 8 around the strand -0 by means of the hook that holds it. Fig. 7 shows the looped strand (red) ready for the tightening up of the knot, by drawing the two ends'z a: of the black twine which, as it becomes straightened, pulls the bight u out of the half-hitch a, and drawing through in place thereof the loops of the strand twine, (red,) (sea fig. 8,) forming apparently a knot called the fishermans knot or weavers knot, but which cannot be. so readily upset or slipped, owing'to its looped formation. It will be seen, by reference to fig. 8 that the loop a and strand 0' of the -red twine areleft in proper condition to make the next knot, in doing which they would go through with the some operation with the black twine that would be on the left-hand side of it as that justdescribed.

The loops made of the full-sized twine may be formedjn. ,difi'ereut wsys,-bnt the one described herein I consider the best, and, as before stated,-the size of the strand or smaller twine may be in any proportion to the full-sized twine preferred, but'I think that to have the smallor'one onc-thirdof the size of the larger is best, as it makes a more perfect twine when done. 4

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isi 1. I claim, the use of the full-sized twins in connection with the strand or smaller twins in making nettin g, substantially as herein set forth. I i

2. I claim, as a new article of manufacture, nets or netting made as herein described.

BENJAMIN ARNOLD.

Witnesses:

Homes N. Fosrnn, WILLIAM D. Anson). 

